The Golden Thread: A Fiber Art Exhibition
BravinLee Programs is very pleased to present The Golden Thread: A Fiber Art Exhibition. The exhibition includes 61 artists and over a 100 artworks, including 10 site-specific installations.
The Golden Thread: New Adventures in Textile Art by Christian Viveros-Fauné (excerpt):
A practice that encompasses embroidery, tapestry, quilting, carpet design, and much, much more, textile art has undergone a renaissance over the past century. Artists of all types and from every corner of the planet have pushed hard on what can be termed textile, and even harder on the ways in which textile can be considered art. Once marginalized from the hidebound concept of “fine art” because of its functional origins, textile art now appears poised to take advantage of its previous outsider status—principally by asking questions of art’s presumed hierarchies.
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April 26 – May 12
Hours
Tuesday – Saturday
12:00pm – 7:00pm
Location
207 Front Street
Curated By
BravinLee programs
Featured Works
Michael Sylvan Robinson Composting Our Fears + Committing to Action-(detail) 2020 30 x 95 x 2 inches sculptural garment with textile collage, stenciled text with machine and hand-stitching, sequins and beading, buttons and semi-precious stones on fabric.
Tania Alvarez, Giraffe, 2022, mixed fabrics and felt on paper, 6 x4.25 inches.
Capucine Bourcart, Act 4, 2023, sand, wool, thread, velvet,37 x 41 inches.
Orly Cogan, Confections, on going 2006-2024, all hand crafted mixed media fiber based material, dimensions variable.
About BravinLee programs
John Lee and Karin Bravin opened their gallery in Soho in 1991. In 2006, expanding upon the conventional gallery, they opened BravinLee programs in Chelsea to exhibit artists and collaborate with colleagues and institutions on a project by project basis. In addition to gallery exhibitions, BravinLee curates several off-site shows and public art installations; they produce limited edition rugs, sculptural editions; and they privilege the medium of the artist book in their artists’ book program.
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